Sammo Hung

Sammo Hung is the funniest martial artist actor in the history. He is known by acting in films like Fat Dragon (where he acts as a Bruce Lee fan that learned every move of The Dragon, and then showed people that being fat is not a synonym of being clumsy), and is a close friend of Jackie Chan.
His real name is "Kampo", but he's called "Sammo" by his mother because of an ancient chinese commediant called "Sammo" (=three hairs).

He also administered beatings to students who misbehaved, or who did not meet the standard he expected of them.

Sammo was the senior student at the school and was referred to as "big brother" by the rest of the students. He was a bully as a child, terrorising all those beneath him. On one occasion he picked a fight with Jackie Chan. Half way through the fight, Sifu Yuen entered the room. As punishment, he ordered Jackie and Sammo to continue the fight, not allowing them to stop until both were bloody, battered and bruised.

Sammo left the school, supposedly temporarily, after breaking his leg during training. However, after years of eating the minimal rations provided at the school, he took the opportunity to eat as much as he could while injured. He put on too much weight to continue his training and had to leave the school permanantly.

At this time the popularity of Peking Opera was declining, but Sammo managed to use his training to get a job as a stunt man with a movie studio. When his schoolmates Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao graduated he helped them to find work as stunt men.

Now 51 years of age, Sammo continues to work in movies. At the time of writing he is the action choreographer on Jackie Chan's "Highbinders." What the future holds for the veteran Hong Kong legend, we can only guess.